Andrew Albanese, Congressional Hearing to Focus on Google Book Search - 9/9/2009 3:58:00 PM - Publishers Weekly

The hearing is before the House Judiciary Committee, chaired by John Conyers. Excerpt: "With the hearing, the Google Book Search settlement has now hit the trifecta —all three branches of government are involved: the Judiciary is overseeing the settlement; the Executive, via the Department of Justice, is looking at antitrust issues; and now Congress, which brings the widest possible government scope from which to address potential issues with book digitization. It is unclear, however, why Congress is now concerned with the settlement just weeks before the court is set to consider approval of the deal. There is no related bill or measure before them to consider, and Congress has shown little interest in the settlement to date."